Slightly Unsupervised | Best Friends Podcast | Real Talk on Female Friendship

Send us Fan Mail How Lifelong Female Friendship Survives Everything | Mandi & Billie's Bestiemony Story   What makes a friendship last nearly 40 years?   In this heartfelt episode of Slightly Unsupervised | Best Friends Podcast | Real Talk on Female Friendship , Jennifer and Jackie sit down with Mandi and Billie, lifelong best friends whose remarkable friendship has become one of the most...

Send us Fan Mail Can You Have More Than One Soulmate? What if one of the greatest love stories of your life isn't romantic at all? In this heartfelt episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer and Jackie explore a question that challenges everything we've been taught about love: Can you have more than one soulmate? Most people think of a soulmate as a romantic partner, but what if your b...

Send us Fan Mail How to Help a Woman Through a Marital Crisis | Supporting Her Without Losing Yourself  One of the hardest things in the world is watching someone you love slowly break inside a relationship… while trying to pretend they’re okay.  In this deeply honest and emotional episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie talk about what it really means to support a woman through a ma...

Send us Fan Mail When crisis hits, women don't need rescue—they need another woman who's been there. In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie explore why best friends become platonic soulmates who share survival maps, not just advice. They dive into the specific moments when female friendship isn't a luxury—it's everything. This is real talk on the friendsh...

Send us Fan Mail Why We’re Basically Thelma & Louise | Ride-or-Die Female Friendships  At some point in every strong female friendship, there’s a moment where you realize:  “If society collapses… this is the woman I’m getting in the car with.” In this hilarious, nostalgic, and unexpectedly emotional episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie explain why their friendship has serious...

Send us Fan Mail Sisters by Blood, Best Friends by Choice | The Female Connection Women Need Some women grow up with sisters. Some spend their whole lives searching for one. In this emotional and deeply relatable episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie talk about the difference between sisters and best friends — and why female friendship can sometimes fill a space in our hearts that...

Send us Fan Mail When Money Gets Weird in Friendships: Navigating Income Gaps Without Losing Each Other   Say “yes” to things they can’t afford   How income differences can quietly create distance   The emotional weight of feeling embarrassed, judged, or left out   What happens when someone pays for everything—and why it can backfire   How childhood experiences with money shape adult friendships ...

Send us Fan Mail Raising Good Friends: What We Didn’t Learn (But Our Daughters Need to Know)  Most of us were never actually taught how to be good friends—we were taught to be nice, to include others, and to keep the peace. But no one showed us how to handle jealousy, navigate conflict, set boundaries, or speak up when something doesn’t feel right.  In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennif...

Send us Fan Mail Friendship Bucket Lists: How to Stay Close, Make Memories, and Grow Together Over Time  Bucket lists aren’t just for life… they’re for friendships too.  In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer and Jackie break down why bestie bucket lists become essential as we get older—and why friendships don’t stay strong by accident anymore.  When we’re younger, connection is effor...

Send us Fan Mail The Retirement Home Pact: Why Best Friends Plan to Grow Old Together (And Refuse to Drift Apart)   It started as a joke… but it turned into a pact.  In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer and Jackie dive into their very real plan to end up in the same retirement home—and why it’s about so much more than aging, housing, or even logistics.  Because behind the laughter,...

Send us Fan Mail We Found Our Way Back: Rebuilding a Friendship After 15 Years Apart  What happens when a friendship you thought was gone forever… finds its way back?  In this deeply personal episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer and Jackie share the real story of how they reconnected after 15 years apart—and why rebuilding a friendship later in life is rarely instant, but always worth it. ...

Send us Fan Mail We Didn’t Talk for 15 Years… And It Mattered More Than We Admitted  What happens when someone who once knew everything about you… becomes a stranger?  In this deeply personal episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer and Jackie open up about the 15 years they didn’t speak — and why that silence mattered more than they ever admitted.  This wasn’t a dramatic falling out.  No big f...

Send us Fan Mail Same Friendship, Different Rules: Why Generations Don’t Get Each Other  Ever feel like you and someone you care about are speaking completely different emotional languages? You’re not imagining it… it might be generational. In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer and Jackie dive into why friendships across different generations can feel confusing, frustrating, and some...

Send us Fan Mail Why You Don’t Think Like Me: The Truth About Generational Friendships  Friendship hasn’t gotten worse… it’s just gotten different.  In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer and Jackie break down how friendships have evolved from Baby Boomers to Gen Z—and why every generation connects, communicates, and shows up in completely different ways.  From the loyalty and “don’t...

Send us Fan Mail Touch My Bestie and It’s On: Why We Defend Our Friends Harder Than Ourselves  You can insult us. We’ll probably roll our eyes and move on.  But disrespect our bestie?  Now we’re drafting paragraphs, standing taller, and deciding who needs to be escorted out of the group chat.  In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer and Jackie unpack the protective instinct that kicks...

Send us Fan Mail Making Friends Later in Life: Episode 9 Vulnerability — How to Open Up Without Overexposing Yourself You can’t build real friendship without vulnerability — but the older we get, the riskier it feels. In Episode 9 of our Making Friends Later in Life series, Jennifer and Jackie talk about why vulnerability is essential for deep connection, why it feels scarier in midlife, and how t...

Send us Fan Mail Making Friends Later in Life – Episode 8 Matching Effort: When You’re Doing Too Much in Friendship (And How to Stop) Have you ever realized you’re the only one reaching out… the only one making plans… the only one checking in?  And then one day you stop — and the friendship disappears?  In Episode 8 of our Making Friends Later in Life series, Jennifer and Jackie dive into what it...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 7: When It’s Not a Match — Friendship Rejection, Ghosting & Moving Forward  You met someone. You went to coffee. You thought, “This could be good.” And then… nothing. She didn’t text back. She faded out. Or maybe you realized she wasn’t who you thought she was. In Episode 7 of our Making Friends Later in Life series, Jennifer and Jackie talk honestly about what happens...

Send us Fan Mail The Slow Build: Episode 6 Why Real Friendships Take Time (And Why That’s a Good Thing) You met for coffee. It was fun. Maybe even promising. Now what? In Episode 6 of our Making Friends Later in Life series, Jennifer and Jackie talk about the part no one prepares you for — the in-between. The slow build. The space after the first connection where friendships either deepen… or dera...

Send us Fan Mail Making Friends Later in Life Series | Episode 5: From Insight to Action — Building Friendships Later in Life Making friends later in life isn’t about collecting people — it’s about finding the right people. In Episode 5 of our Making Friends Later in Life series, Jennifer and Jackie move from the “self-work” episodes into real-world connection: how you actually start building frie...

Send us Fan Mail Making Friends Later in Life Series | Episode 4 Boundary Needs & The Friendship Reset — Stay Open Without Self-Abandoning Boundaries get a bad reputation — like they’re cold, harsh, or “pushing people away.” But in midlife friendships, boundaries aren’t walls… they’re how you stay open without losing yourself .  In Episode 4 of our Making Friends Later in Life series , Jennife...

Send us Fan Mail Making Friends Later in Life | Episode 3: Your Friendship Wounds & Patterns — Why You Pulled Away (and How to Open Up Again)  If you’re trying to make friends later in life but something in you hesitates… there’s a reason. Welcome back to our mini-series Making Friends Later in Life , where we’re slowing everything down and doing it in the right order: first the work on you, t...

Send us Fan Mail Making Friends Later in Life | Episode 2: Your Social Energy Style — Why Friendship Feels Draining (or Lonely) Making friends later in life isn’t about trying harder — it’s about understanding yourself better. Welcome back to our mini-series Making Friends Later in Life , inspired by what we’re seeing in women’s groups online: so many women want connection, but they’re exhausted,...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 1: Who Am I Now? Why Friendship Starts With Self-Awareness Have you ever looked around one day and thought, “I raised the kids, built the life… so why do I feel disconnected?” You’re not broken — you’re just in a new season. In Episode 1 of our new series on making friends later in life , Jennifer and Jackie open an honest, compassionate conversation about why adult friend...

Send us Fan Mail When Friendships Become One-Sided: How to Spot It, Test It, and Heal From It Description: At some point, almost every woman has the same quiet realization: Wait… am I the only one holding this friendship together? One-sided friendships rarely end in a blowup. They fade quietly. They drain you slowly. And they leave you questioning whether you’re asking for too much—or if you’re ju...